South Korea and Brazil Elevate Ties with Strategic Minerals and Trade Pact

South Korea and Brazil have agreed to significantly deepen cooperation across key minerals, trade, technology and security, as President Lee Jae Myung hosted Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Seoul for the first Brazilian state visit in more than two decades. South Korea and Brazil have agreed to significantly deepen cooperation across key minerals, trade, technology and security, …

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What lessons can be learned from Japan’s critical minerals strategy?

The Center for Asia Policy Studies at Brookings hosted a workshop on Japan’s critical minerals strategy with experts from the United States and Japan on February 4, 2026. Mireya Solís, director of the Center for Asia Policy Studies at Brookings, followed up with a written conversation with Eiki Tagami, visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics in Tokyo. …

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Quick payback seen for Yukon’s Coffee gold project

Newmont (NYSE: NEM)-backed developer Fuerte Metals (TSXV: FMT; US-OTC: FUEMF) says it would need barely a year at current gold prices to recoup the C$983 million ($718 million) initial capital costs of building the Coffee gold project in Yukon. Based on a 5% discount rate and $3,620 per oz. gold price, a new preliminary economic assessment shows Coffee has an after-tax net …

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